Arcade Fire To Play SNL Premiere

In the most straight-forward Arcade Fire news we’ve received recently, it’s been announced that the band will perform on this season’s premiere of Saturday Night Live. The episode will be broadcast on 9/28 and will be hosted by Tina Fey. Future hosts and musical guests include Miley Cyrus, who will perform both duties on 10/5, and Bruce Willis and Katy Perry on 10/12.

Arcade Fire will release the Anton Corbijn-directed video for “Reflektor” tonight at 9PM. Check back here for the clip and listen to the track here now.

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By turning today into their own make-shift holiday with all of these details and news items twerking their way at us in meticulously planned way, I take it this means that a North American tour stands a good chance of being announced by the end of today?

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